Omnimaga
General Discussion => Introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: meishe91 on March 04, 2010, 11:36:38 pm
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Hello all. I'm brand new here, obviously haha. I recently became a member of at United-TI and have seen this site a few times and thought it looked cool so I decided to join. I am a beginner-intermediate at TI-BASIC but still closer to the beginner level (mostly due to the lack of ideas of what to actually program haha). Basically the only programs worth mentioning that I've created are a Binary to Decimal program and a Decimal to Binary (shocker :P). Anywho, I am out of things to say now. Have a nice day :D
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Welcome to Omnimaga!
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Oh hey welcome here :)
I'm glad you're interested into TI-BASIC programming. Hopefully you'll learn lot of new stuff and I can't wait to see your projects if any :)
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Hey welcome to Omnimaga...this is a great site, especially for BASIC programmers. There are a lot of helpful people here and some pretty interesting projects in the works. I know you'll enjoy your time here!
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Thank you, all of you. Ya, this site looks really cool. And the projects going on look amazing. Should be fun :)
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Welcome to Omnimaga! Glad you decided to join us in the wonderfull world of
Lobster Calculator Programing! :)
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welcome nice to meet you and sadly our local squirell has hidden all the peanuts for winter again (comon coolio we need them :( )
so you cant get you peanuts for a while we still have to prepare our pincones and peanut butter to lure him away
any way random meme's and blue lobsters aside welcome to omnimaga
cant wait to see what you can do XD
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Thanks :) Glad to be here.
@Geekboy1011
I have no idea what you're talking about in the beginning of that but thanks. Unfortnetly I don't think I can do a whole lot right now haha.
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Oh lol what he meant in his first sentence is in reference to an old Omnimaga meme that has been lasting since at least 2006. Spellshaper actually started the whole thing :P
Btw don't worry too much if you don't feel as good in TI-BASIC (or other languages) as some other people here. Some ppl might be scared to post their projects on Omnimaga after looking at stuff Builderboy and Calc84 especially does, but we're open minded toward all languages and contributions (altough it's sure a number guessing game and a math program might not generate as much interest over here :P) and everyone starts somewhere :)
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Welcome to Omnimaga! Hope you enjoy your stay.
Geekboy is talking about a running joke that we have, we usually give new members some complementary peanuts, but cooliojaz (who we have determined to be a squirrel) has taken all of them so we can't give you any as of yet, but hopefully we can get them back from him soon :p
Edit: nice ninja DJ :p
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Haha ya, I had figured it was some kind of inside joke. :P Though I'm curious how someone is able to take all the peanuts on here haha.
And ya, I figured as much about the program side of this. This has appeared to be a more game oriented site haha. I simply stated what I had done just...well ya haha. I hope to get a lot better.
And again, thanks for all the welcomes :D
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There used to be another calculator community that was game-oriented mostly called MaxCoderz back in 2002-2007. They have much more off-topic discussion than us, but they were still more calc game oriented than any other TI forum. They had like 30000 posts a year around 2004-05, but then most staff moved on, staff was not renewed then they changed site URL without ever telling the rest of the community, thus, lost half of their users who forgot the board URL. When they deleted all their program downloads it didn't help either. Then more staff went inactive so now besides Benryves and tr1p1ea it's pretty much ghost town. It's still avaliable online, though, at http://www.maxcoderz.org
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Hmmm, cool. It looks like a cool site (briefly checked it out). That's pretty sad that they lost so much of their users and such.
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Lol yeah, I had like 1 post on Maxcoderz back in the day.
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Hmmm, cool. It looks like a cool site (briefly checked it out). That's pretty sad that they lost so much of their users and such.
Story of TI...
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Ya, pretty much. Sad, sad fact. Fortunetly though it doesn't look like this place is going anywhere anytime soon :)
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Hooray!
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I'm new, too, it's nice to finally find an active, on-topic calculator forum.
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Haha so you announce it for your second post in this topic? Sorry, just a little funny :P Not being mean haha.
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A) Careful, the mods are watching
B) To the mods, I didn't take offense at that
C) What?
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It wasn't intended to be rude, just kinda seemed a little like you accidently posted a reply instead of a new topic (from the way you worded it). That's all haha.
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Oh yeah no problemo. Welcome to omnimaga from one newbie to another
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Haha thanks. Welcome to you too.
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Now to just wait until I get 50 posts ;)
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Now to just wait until I get 50 posts ;)
lolz. Good ol arcade.
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Haha ya, I was quite disappointed when I saw you have to have 50 posts first. Hopefully it won't take to long :D
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I don't know, I can find plenty of online games, but the precsence of a requirement makes me want to play them here even more.
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Lol, don't worry we only will reprimand if you are actually rude.
Also yeah, the 50 posts does make people want to play them even more :p
may I reccomend Starcraft ;p
anyways, I'm sure we will have some peanuts for both of you in no time :)
can't wait to see what projects you can come up with :)
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I'm debating pulling a BASIC program off my calc before I hit the sack, thoughts?
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If you want put it up, I won't be able to test it till tomorrow because I'm heading to bed now as well and I'm on my iPod.
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Okidoki me thinks I'll wait till morning
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Ah ok, can't wait to see it, and possibly help you learn some optimizations/. Learn from it :p
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Thanks! Apparently, according to Christopher (Kerm) I'm pretty swell at BASIC optimizations. And the one I was thinking of posting is one that is actually useful in an educationaly sense :o
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Sweet. I would try to program something but like my original post said I suck with coming up with ideas haha. I hate it :P
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Thanks! Apparently, according to Christopher (Kerm) I'm pretty swell at BASIC optimizations. And the one I was thinking of posting is one that is actually useful in an educationaly sense :o
I guess you could always post it anyway ^^, altough it might not get as much interest since no one on Omnimaga ever used calculators for math. I did not even knew calculators were for math until last week. j/k :P but you get the idea lol)
(btw I graduated in 2003 and haven't had math classes since then so my math skills are really rusty and I tend to not code for calculators as much as I used to do back then x.x)
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Thanks! Apparently, according to Christopher (Kerm) I'm pretty swell at BASIC optimizations. And the one I was thinking of posting is one that is actually useful in an educationaly sense :o
I guess you could always post it anyway ^^, altough it might not get as much interest since no one on Omnimaga ever used calculators for math. I did not even knew calculators were for math until last week. j/k :P but you get the idea lol)
(btw I graduated in 2003 and haven't had math classes since then so my math skills are really rusty and I tend to not code for calculators as much as I used to do back then x.x)
Haha that's pretty understandable. Happens to most people probably. Just comes with getting older :P
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altough often people will not code calcs for more than a year, but some sticks around for much longer. I've been doing calc stuff for 8.5 years, tifreak8x 13, Calc84maniac about 4 or 5 and Lionel Debroux 9
It's cool to see some people stay around for a while
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Ya, I started programming (very, VERY, basic) back in ninth grade and then didn't really do anything with it for a while. But I have recently started back up. I'm currently a senior right now. So I've been doing it for a couple years I guess.
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... no one on Omnimaga ever used calculators for math. I did not even knew calculators were for math until last week. j/k :P but you get the idea lol)
(btw I graduated in 2003 and haven't had math classes since then so my math skills are really rusty and I tend to not code for calculators as much as I used to do back then x.x)
Interesting; math is what drew me to calc programming. Whenever I faced a series of similar problems, it became easier to just write a routine that quickly did them all. Eventually I stopped sharing math/science programs because of stupid ethics >.<
I think calc programming is a great way to introduce freshmen to programming... but eventually everyone wants to explore other languages. Four years ago, TIBasic was sort of like my gateway drug to computer science.
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Ya, I think that is how a lot of people start, at least more recently. There is grad. student that comes into my AP Physics class a couple times a week to teach and he said that is how he started programming, on the calc in school. Now he knows a whole bunch of different languages.
TI-BASIC is just a really nice, good place to start because it is pretty easy to understand...as long as you don't try to out due your experience (start with a graphic based RPG the first week you learn to program, etc.). Plus, I've heard that once you learn one language the others become a lot easier to learn. So that's always good too.
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Welcome!
I pretty much got into this the same way as rthprog.
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Welcome.
If you feel like mastering TI-BASIC, TI|BD and time experimenting some programming is the best. ;)
off topic:
From yesterday, 3 pages of posts? ??? wow
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I totally missed that 2nd page o.o
Lol anyway yeah and to add to Galandros comment, the TI-83 Plus guidebook is another good ressource.
@Meishe, yeah, the issue is that some people start a huge RPG as their first calc project ever without even making sure they can achieve this. It took me one month until I can start doing games and my first RPG ever, Illusiat, only had one dungeon split in two parts, one item, one magic and only dragon enemies with varying stats x.x
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@Meishe, yeah, the issue is that some people start a huge RPG as their first calc project ever without even making sure they can achieve this. It took me one month until I can start doing games and my first RPG ever, Illusiat, only had one dungeon split in two parts, one item, one magic and only dragon enemies with varying stats x.x
:( that was me... lol. And after searching my computer, I actually found my original RPG project that I started... *Looks @ Black Sun Rising source* heh wow it was poorly coded.
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wasn't it the RPG with split home screen and graph screen, using dual layer ASCII? Or was it someone else?
I remember you worked on a calc RPG on the old forums, but for some reasons, you kept vanishing from the TI community for months, then returning for a month, then left again, then returned, and so on, and when you returned the last time in 2009, as staff, you had to leave due to army or something x.x
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wasn't it the RPG with split home screen and graph screen, using dual layer ASCII? Or was it someone else?
I remember you worked on a calc RPG on the old forums, but for some reasons, you kept vanishing from the TI community for months, then returning for a month, then left again, then returned, and so on, and when you returned the last time in 2009, as staff, you had to leave due to army or something x.x
Lol yeah that's me. But that split home screen/graph screen wasn't me (I don't think, although i do think i attempted that once). Yeah I left for the military, but I'm back for now (for at least another year, woot!). I'm trying to get back into programming.
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Hello meishe91, an welcome to Omnimaga!
The funny thing is, is I just replied to you on UTI thinking "Wow! What a great programmer/explainer. I wonder if he will come over to Omnimaga..." ;D
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Hi to you too SirCmpwn. :)
Welcome here!
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@trev I thought you were leaving again in April? I guess I misread your post, then x.x. Oh well glad you're back for longer now :P
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@trev I thought you were leaving again in April? I guess I misread your post, then x.x. Oh well glad you're back for longer now :P
I was originally going to, but plans changed, and I'm not going anywhere for at least a year :)
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Aaah ok I see. That's good at least, altough with all the earthquakes recently (*cough*12-21-12? :P*cough*) I wonder if they'll not run out of troops to help other countries... x.x
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I found some! O0
(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1256.0;attach=410;image)(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1256.0;attach=410;image)
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Can I haz some?!
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There are two bags. One for each of you. ;D
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hooray! This is the only forum I have used with free peanuts!
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Welcome.
If you feel like mastering TI-BASIC, TI|BD and time experimenting some programming is the best. ;)
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From yesterday, 3 pages of posts? ??? wow
Haha, it's because I'm just that awesome to make a four page thread (on my first topic too lol) :D :P
I totally missed that 2nd page o.o
Lol anyway yeah and to add to Galandros comment, the TI-83 Plus guidebook is another good ressource.
@Meishe, yeah, the issue is that some people start a huge RPG as their first calc project ever without even making sure they can achieve this. It took me one month until I can start doing games and my first RPG ever, Illusiat, only had one dungeon split in two parts, one item, one magic and only dragon enemies with varying stats x.x
Ya, I know what you mean. I'll admit I tried to make a game pretty early on. Did not go well haha. It was back when all I really knew was Lbl and Goto commands haha. Not a good idea. And you created Illusiat? I believe ztrumpet just used that as an example over at United-TI, if I'm thinking of the right program haha.
Hello meishe91, an welcome to Omnimaga!
The funny thing is, is I just replied to you on UTI thinking "Wow! What a great programmer/explainer. I wonder if he will come over to Omnimaga..." ;D
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Hi to you too SirCmpwn. :)
Welcome here!
Haha ya, I saw that. And thanks again :) I don't think I am that great of a programmer, yet anyways. But thanks for the explainer part of it :D But ya, I'm here now too lol.
I found some! O0
(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1256.0;attach=410;image)(http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1256.0;attach=410;image)
Woo! Peanuts! Thanks! Now just need to figure out a way to materialize them from the computer...curse you laws of physics! Haha.
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Just cut a deal with the squirrels, they can make it happen (for a price).
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Nah, those squirrels are tricky little creatures...I don't wanna risk it.
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Darn these peanut bags looks horrible on a blue background x.x
Also btw guys we must not get too spammy in the intro forum, because then I usually disable post counting in it (like this summer :P). In the Randomness section spam is allowed, altough now it gets less interest among members compared to the old board and like the old board, post count won't increase there :P
I think on the old Invisionfree board Spellshaper had like 3000 posts, but because 1500 of them were in the spam forum, his post count still only read 1500 :P
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@Meishe, yeah, the issue is that some people start a huge RPG as their first calc project ever without even making sure they can achieve this. It took me one month until I can start doing games and my first RPG ever, Illusiat, only had one dungeon split in two parts, one item, one magic and only dragon enemies with varying stats x.x
Ya, I know what you mean. I'll admit I tried to make a game pretty early on. Did not go well haha. It was back when all I really knew was Lbl and Goto commands haha. Not a good idea. And you created Illusiat? I believe ztrumpet just used that as an example over at United-TI, if I'm thinking of the right program haha.
You are correct. DJ is the genius behind the amazing Illusiat series. ;D
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Well, keep in mind that the said Illusiat games, aside from the never completed Illusiat 13, were created from 2001 to 2002, so it has been quite a while :P. Later I worked on the Reign Of Legends series, which is much more complex in general, altough it runs very slow, then Reuben Quest series (grayscale, but very short games compared to ROL and the late Illusiats). I also had a Zelda game which is one of the only completed Zelda for calcs
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This is spamming? Or are you just refering to like getting and staying off topic?
That's cool. I tried Reuben Quest once but I didn't get it to work properly. Probably due to still being new to the calc programming world haha. Doesn't it use xLib to use the grayscale? I also didn't know there was a completed Zelda game O.O Where might I find it?
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nonono don't worry it was fine, it's just that in some occasions I saw people post random pointless stuff non stop in intro section or even posts containing nothing and repeated several times just to rise their post counts :P
Reuben can be a bit complicated to send indeed, especially on TI Connect. For the grayscale, it uses Omnicalc, since xLIB APP was not released yet at the time. The game uses an older xLIB in program form to draw the maps.
The Zelda game is Zelda Dark Link Quest, it's in the downloads section, but it's much harder to send than Reuben series
Since the past few years, making massive games like this is not much a big problem anymore with xLIB and Celtic or tools like XCOPY because you can make your sub programs much larger, so this is why Illusiat 13 has like 24 sub programs, while some older games have like 100-200 tiny sub programs x.x
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Oh ok haha. I was like "What did we do? We were just talking..." But I get what you mean and I see how that can be annoying. As for Reuben I can see how it can be hard to transfer, I just think it was my lack of experience (and probably impatience and not read the "readme" files haha). Now that I think about that though I do remember it using Omnicalc. I guess I was either confusing it with something else or just when I shortly experimented with it. Who knows.
I'ver heard of Zelda: Dark Link Quest...didn't know it was complete though. I'll have to check it out. Was it created here?
Cool, about the game part. I figured as much since I'm seeing things like Seek-and-Destroy and such with amazing graphics (though I'm thinking those are still quite hard to make haha). What is XCOPY though? That's a new one to me.
Quick noob question: What is the point of sub-programs? Just to help organize and run code fast so one program doesn't search for it inside itself for forever?
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(and probably impatience and not read the "readme" files haha)
This is why I now name my readme files as "ignoreme.txt" :P
Zelda DLQ was made back in 2004 during summer. Since I had no internet access at that time I announced nothing on forums, though. I did a round of beta testing, then released it on ticalc.org in October 2004. Back then Omnimaga site had no forums and I was part of Epic Programming Studio. I think DLQ, Xlib Xlib Revolution and Reuben series are the only programs that were ever finished under the EPS banner x.x
As for Xcopy it's the function from Celtic III that can copy an archived program into RAM, but separate from xLIB for people who only need this function. Illusiat 13 uses it.
As for Sub programs, they reduce repetitive code. There's a way to not use repetitive code without sub programs by using Lbl/Gotos in a specific way that won't cause memory issues, but it can be very slow if the program containing the sub routines is very large.
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Haha very nice.
Oh, ok. I see. Ya, I've seen it on ticalc.org. Guess I overlooked the completed part of it though. Don't know how that happened. But cool, was EPC another big programming site/forum then?
Oh ok, that's why I haven't heard of it. I haven't really tried out Celtic III so ya haha. But cool, I'm not sure if I entirely understand that though.
And ok, I didn't even think about the repetitive code aspect of it. But cool. Thanks for explaining all that :)
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well it's not really expected to see a complete Zelda since almost all the other ones on ticalc are demos so ppl won't get their hopes up when seeing a Zelda game. It might even be enough to make some people not download Spencer's Zelda when he finishes it (http://www.revsoft.org/phpBB2). EPS was not too inactive for a small forum back then. It was the 3rd most active english TI forum at the time, after MC and UTI, altough very far behind, with 6000 posts in a year. It had both TI and Casio programmers, but then most staff went inactive, the forum software and server became unstable and it disheartened the entire userbase and the team was disbanded in December 2005.
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So I checked that Zelda out, I'm guessing he is just someone creating another full zelda then? (Graphics looked AWESOME!) I can understand why people wouldn't download it, sad shame though. Don't know what they are missing. As for EPS, i see. That is always a bummer when forums go down. Especially really good ones.
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yeah, altough progress is quite slow in overall. I hope it gets finished really. I am confident it will, though, even if it takes until 2011. I don't think he plans to release demos, which is why no releases were done so far.
But yeah the issue at ticalc.org is that authors attract us with awesome screenshots and say the game is nearly complete but when you try it either it barely works or it only contains a dungeon with no enemy, or very few stuff. :(
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Ya, I hope it gets done too. It looks really good.
Ya, I know what you mean. It really bugs me too when screenshots aren't provided and they hype the program up so much when it really isn't that great...
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ooh nonono I didn't necessarly meant when screeenshots are not provided. In some cases, they are provided, even animated, but they give too much hype themselves.
But yeah you get the idea.
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Oh, ya I know what you meant. Haha sorry for not saying. I was just adding that as another little side thing.
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Welcome at Omnimaga (:
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Thank you :)